calefactory
[kal-uh-fak-tuh-ree, -fak-tree]
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adjective
serving to heat.
noun, plural cal·e·fac·to·ries.
a heated parlor or sitting room in a monastery.
Origin of calefactory
1530–40; < Late Latin calefactōrius having a warming or heating power, equivalent to Latin calefac(ere) to make warm (see calefacient) + -tōrius -tory1
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Historical Examples of calefactory
Large portions also remain of the sacristy, chapterhouse, and calefactory.
The Heart of WessexSidney Heath
Leading out of it is the ancient "calefactory," where the fire for the censers and thuribles was preserved.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of WinchesterPhilip Walsingham Sergeant
Here is where the Calefactory stood in almost all the old Cistercian monasteries.
Mellifont Abbey, Co. LouthAnonymous
calefactory
adjective
noun plural -ries
Word Origin for calefactory
C16: from Latin calefactōrius, from calefactus made warm; see calefacient
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